On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> wrote: > Am 22.11.2011 09:10, schrieb supriya kannery: >> Let us have the implementation for hostcache= as command line option, with >> the condition that if both cache= and hostcache= are specified together, >> then depending upon enable/disable value specified for hostcache, >> corresponding >> bit in cache flags can be set/reset. That way, there is a value add on >> specifying >> hostcache in cmdline as well as user will be able to control hostcache >> value from cmdline >> itself. > > The additional thing this would introduce is cache=unsafe hostcache=off. > Probably not the most common thing to have, but why not allow it now.
QEMU's command-line is hairy enough already. I don't think this option is helpful until we can replace cache= completely. This is a subjective issue though so if you want to take this option, Kevin, then please do. Stefan
